Shoe



L. B. CARPENTER.

SHOE.

APPHCATION FILED OCT. 17, 1921.

1,436,696. Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

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UNITED STATES "LEE B. CARPENTER, OF ROCHESTER, COMPANY, INC, OF ROCHESTER,

NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE CARPENTER SHOE NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

SHOE.

Application filed October 17, 1921.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, LEE B. CARPENTER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a shoe and method of making the same, and has for its chief purpose to afford a structure particularly applicable to the soft sole type of shoe, such as used forinfants, and which can be manufactured economically, and possesses lasting wearing qualities.

More particularly, the invention has for its purpose to afford a shoe with an integral or one-p-iece ground engaging sole, which is attached to the upper in such a manner as to permit of maximum wear on the sole, while protecting the upper and also giving the appearance of a double soled shoe.

An additional object of the improvement is to enable using a comparatively thick integral sole, thus obtaining the durability and wear of a double sole, while eliminating the additional expense of a double sole and the stiffness which characterizes the latter, owing to the cementing together of inner and outer soles.

The invention also includes certain other improved details, all of which will appear clearly from the following description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, the novel features being pointed out in the claim following the description.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an infants shoe constructed in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of my improved form of sole;

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the sole;

Figure I} is a sectional view of the upper and sole stitched together and before being turned, and

Figure 5 is a upper and sole in their ter they are turned.

The invention may be carried out in a number of ways and is applicable to various types and styles of shoes or other footwear, and for purpose of illustration, I have selected an infants shoe as an example be= similar sectional view of the final relationship af- Serial No. 508,159.

cause the invention has special application to this particular field, owing to the very substantial saving that can be effected while at the same time improving the shoe in its wearing and flexible qualities.

In the structure shown, and according to the preferred method, I proceed by taking a comparatively thick, integral or one-piece sole 1 of the desired contour and cutting away or channelling the lower part thereof at its outer edge, as designated at 2. WVhilc the channel 2 appears at the upper part of the sole, with reference to Figures 2, 3 and l, it is at the lower part of the sole with reference to Figure 5, which represents its final relationship to the upper, and I, therefore, refer throughout the specification and claim to the channel or cut away portion 2 as located at the lower part of the sole. In cutting away the sole at 2, I also preferably undercut the upper part of the sole as at 3, thus permitting the reduced or comparatively thin attaching portion l, which is formed by the channel 2, to bend upwardly more readily from the lower ground engaging part of the sole, as shown in Figure 5, and also permitting said lower part of the sole to extend outwardly slightly beyond the attaching portion 4. This arrangement affords an efiicient and durable tread, and also gives the desired effect, in appearance, of a double soled shoe.

In constructing a shoe according to my invention, the upper is first laid upon the sole in the manner shown in Figure 2, and stitched to the attaching portion 2. There after, the upper and sole are turned or reversed so that they assume the general relation illustrated in Figure 5 with the at taching portion located in a vertical plane, or at a right angle to the body of the sole, the upper being bent upon itself at its lower edge where it is attached to the sole, By this arrangement of the sole attaching portion in a vertical position, a pocket or channel is afforded between the opposite walls of the sole attaching portion, over the body of the sole, to receive a thick insole, and the upper is maintained sufiiciently high above the sole to prevent its contact with the ground and consequent wearing. It will be seen from Figure 5 that the upper is secured to the attachin portion of the sole at a point substantia 1y above the upper part of the sole, so that the sole can be entirely worn 2 1 assess through before the upper starts to Wear by contact With the ground. Thus maximum durability and Wear is attained, While still securing the characteristics of a soft soled shoe. The sole is preferably made from a chrome split or other suitable soft leather, and being in one piece, has greater flexibility than a sole made of two or more thicknesses cemented together, and my improvement is, in consequence, especially adapted to infants and similar shoes Where it is in1portant to secure adequate Wearing qualities combined With the'necessary yieldability ot' the sole to the foot.

The construction disclosed may be modified Without. departing from the fundamental novel features of the invention, and this application is intended to coyer any footwear construction embodying an integral .or one-piece ground engaging sole having a reduced integral attaching portion projecting upwardly therefrom and an upper secured to the attaching portion, which 15 preferably formed by channelling or cutting away the lower part of the sole at its edge.

I claim:

A soft sole shoe for infants, comprising aone-piece ground engaging sole having an integral attaching portion; extending upwardly and located in a vertical plane, affording a pocket onjthe upper surface of the sole for receiving an insole, and an upper haying its edge bent upon itself and secured to said vertical attaching portion of the sole, said vertical. attaching" portion being of suf ficient Width so that thelowest portion of the upper is located above the upper surface of the body portion of the sole.

In Witness whereof. I have hereunto signed my name.

LEE B; GARPE'NTERE' 

